DISTRICTS

Rahul Gandhi will visit Manipur on Monday, his first after becoming Leader of Opposition. Following May's ethnic violence, he blames the Centre's policies. He will arrive in Silchar, head to Jiribam where Soibam Saratkumar Singh died June 6. After v...

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav claimed a bridge collapse in Bihar, but officials clarified it was a makeshift structure washed away by heavy rain. Yadav shared a video of the incident in East Champaran district, where locals blamed poor materials. The Di...

Nine Kuki MLAs in Manipur denounced the shooting at the home of fellow legislator Chinlunthang by armed individuals, urging preventive measures and apprehension of the perpetrators. The Zo United tribal group also condemned similar attacks in Churac...

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited various flood-affected areas of Dibrugarh district, wading through submerged roads to assess the situation and interact with the affected residents.

African Swine Fever outbreak reported in Kerala's Thrissur district prompts culling of 310 pigs at a private farm in Madakkathara panchayat. Officials declared a one-kilometre disease-affected area and a 10-km surveillance area. Transport of pork an...

A portion of the NH-13 along the Pasighat-Pangin-Aalo road has blocked following a landslide on Thursday morning. A huge boulder has completely blocked the road in between Lokpeng and Pangin tri-junction in Siang district, PWD Highways assistant eng...

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday sought a report from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee regarding the public flogging of a couple in Uttar Dinajpur district's Chopra. The governor described the incident, which was captured on video, as "ba...

The ongoing dispute between Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar over the establishment of AIIMS in Kerala escalated. Tharoor asserting that no MP can unilaterally decide the location of the medical institution, while Chand...

Surface communication to several districts in Arunachal Pradesh was disrupted due to landslides triggered by heavy rain, officials reported on Saturday. A crucial road stretch from Aalo to Mechukha suffered damage between Roing and Pene villages ami...

YSRCP faces backlash over unauthorized office constructions, with the NDA government accused of bias. The controversy involves lavish buildings, including a Rs 500-crore mansion, as security scrutiny intensifies at YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's residences ...

Chhattisgarh government red-flags new District Mineral Foundation guidelines, citing potential misuse of funds meant for people affected by mining activities.

Joint meeting held between Assam's Cachar district administration and Manipur's Jiribam district administration at Jirighat police station to discuss peace measures. Cachar plans house-to-house survey in border villages.

The YSR Congress Party's under-construction central office in Tadepalli, Guntur district, was demolished by municipal authorities on Saturday morning, despite a high court order to halt the activity. YSRCP President Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy condemned...

Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar indicated that he might have to contest from Channapatna in the bypolls if both the party and the public supported such a decision. The constituency in Ramanagara district became vacant following the resignation o...

Naveen Patnaik, known for his composed demeanour, was making his way through the House after taking the oath as a member of the Assembly when he came face-to-face with Bag, who stood up from his seat.

Tension gripped the area after the killing of 59-year-old farmer Soibam Saratkumar Singh on June 6. Around 900 tribals belonging to the Kuki and Hmar communities took shelter at the homes of relatives and friends in two villages – Haokippunji and Hm...

Emboldened by the party's Lok Sabha performance, Congress leaders in Karnataka have now set their sights on winning assembly polls due in neighbouring Maharashtra in a few months. People in the know told ET that Karnataka ministers such as MB Patil,...

RSS denies rift with BJP, clarifying that Mohan Bhagwat's recent comments were not aimed at the ruling party. The annual coordination meeting with BJP and affiliates is scheduled in August. Bhagwat's remarks were misinterpreted, with RSS stating the...

Rajasthan Government, led by Bharatiya Janata Party, formed a cabinet sub-committee to review 17 districts and three new divisions created during Ashok Gehlot's tenure.